My videos won't import

help! when i hook my camera, the Canon PowerShot SX100 IS, up to the computer, everything goes smoothly: iPhoto opens, just as it should, and the importing page pops up, asking me to click the "Import" button whenever i'm ready to import my media. so i click "import" and it imports the pictures as it's supposed to.
but when it is about to import a video, the process kind of freezes and after about 10 minutes the "my library" page opens with my pictures...but no video. why is this happening? how can i stop this? please help!

The usual cause of this issue is that iPhoto baulks at importing large video files directly from a camera. Use Image Capture (in your Applications Folder) or pop the camera card into a USB Card Reader and use the Finder to move the movies to your desktop and import from there.
Regards
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